A set on which the Łojasiewicz exponent at infinity is attained (Q4359157)

From the introduction. The purpose of this paper is to prove that the Łojasiewicz exponent at infinity of a polynomial mapping \(F:\mathbb{C}^n\to\mathbb{C}^m\) is attained on a proper algebraic subset of \(\mathbb{C}^n\) defined by the components of \(F\). As a corollary we obtain a result of \textit{Z. Jelonek} [``Testing sets for properness of polynomial mappings'' (preprint 16, Inst. Math., Jagiellonian Univ. 1996)] on testing sets for properness of polynomial mappings (corollary 3) and a formula for the Łojasiewicz exponent at infinity of \(F\) in the case \(n=2\), \(m\geq 2\), in terms of parametrizations of branches (at infinity) of zeroes of the components of \(F\) (theorem 2). This result is a generalization of the authors' result for \(n=m=2\) [\textit{J. Chądzyński} and \textit{T. Krasiński} in: Singularities, Banach Cent. Publ. 20, 147-160 (1988; Zbl 0661.32008), main theorem].